La Rocque, a freshman, matched a career high with four 3-pointers for the Cardinal (27-4), who beat Arizona for the third straight time this season.

Baskets were tough to come by for the Wildcats (12-19), who couldn’t overcome a 21-point halftime deficit. Stanford led by as many as 33 in the second when Ogwumike hit a layup with 2:23 remaining.

Stanford, the top seed in the tourney, will face UCLA in a semifinal Saturday. The Bruins (19-11) defeated Oregon State 62-56 in a quarterfinal matchup.

Ify Ibekwe, Arizona’s leading scorer with 16.1 points per game, was held to five on 2-of-7 shooting by Stanford’s aggressive zone defense. Courtney Clements led Arizona with 14 points.

No. 3 Oklahoma 76, Kansas 59

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)—Courtney Paris scored a season-high 27 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked six shots to lead Oklahoma over Kansas in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals.

Paris’ big game came after she guaranteed that the Sooners would win the national championship. She dominated the Jayhawks (18-13) inside and caused havoc on the defensive end, too.

The All-America center had 10 points during a 15-4 run early in the second half as Oklahoma (28-3) broke open a close game after the Jayhawks had pulled within two. The Sooners then continued to pull away, building a 23-point lead that gave Paris the rest of the game off after she went to the bench with 11:41 to play.

Danielle McCray scored 22 points to lead Kansas.

No. 7 Baylor 67, Oklahoma State 62

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)—Jessica Morrow and Melissa Jones each scored 15 points and rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to beat Oklahoma State in a quarterfinal game of the Big 12 Conference tournament.

Oklahoma State (16-15) led 43-28 with 16:33 left, but Baylor (25-5) used a 10-0 run to close the gap and took the lead for the first time since the opening moments with 1:51 left on two free throws by Kelli Griffin. The Bears scored the game’s final eight points.

Baylor will play No. 18 Iowa State in the semifinals on Saturday. Oklahoma State—once ranked in the Top 25—has lost 10 of its last 12.

No. 10 Texas A&M 63, No. 22 Kansas State 61

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)—Danielle Gant had 22 points and 14 rebounds and made the go-ahead basket with 25.3 seconds left as Texas A&M held off Kansas State in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals.

Playing in her hometown, the 5-foot-11 senior forward went 9-of-13 from the field to help Texas A&M (24-6) beat the Wildcats for the second time this season and advance to play No. 3 Oklahoma in the semifinals Saturday.

Takia Starks added 13 points for Texas A&M, which won the conference tournament last year and played in Oklahoma City during the NCAA tournament, reaching the round of eight before falling to eventual champion Tennessee.

Ashley Sweat scored 19 points but missed a last-second 10-footer that would have sent the game into overtime. Marlies Gibson led Kansas State (24-7) with 22 points.

No. 12 California 61, Washington 41

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Ashley Walker had 14 points and 10 rebounds to help California beat Washington in a quarterfinal game of the Pac-10 tournament.

Walker and Devanei Hampton sat for most of the second half for the Bears (25-5) as Cal coach Joanne Boyle turned the game over to her bench. The two post players combined for 20 points in the first and scored at will against Washington, which lost in a quarterfinal for the fourth year in a row.

Laura McLellan led the Huskies (8-22) with 10 points and Liz Lay added 6. Sami Whitcomb, Washington’s leading scorer with 12.8 points, was held scoreless on 0-of-4 shooting.

Southern California 70, No. 16 Arizona St. 65

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Heather Oliver scored 17 points, Camille LeNoir had 18 points and eight assists, and Southern California beat Arizona State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 tournament.

The sixth-seeded Trojans (16-14) shot 52.9 percent and made 10 3-pointers to snap a seven-game losing streak to the third-seeded Sun Devils. It was only the second time a six seed had beaten a third seed in the tournament.

USC will play second-seeded California in the semifinals Saturday.

Lauren Lacey had 14 points and Danielle Orsillo 17 points and seven rebounds for the Arizona State (23-8), which was playing without leading scorer Dymond Simon, who was injured in a loss to No. 2 Stanford.

No. 18 Iowa State 59, No. 23 Texas 55

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)—Kelsey Bolte hit a go-ahead turnaround jumper in the final minute as Iowa State beat Texas 59-55 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Conference tournament.

Alison Lacey went 5-of-6 from 3-point range and finished with 25 points, nine rebounds and four assists for Iowa State (24-7), which advanced to meet No. 7 Baylor in the semifinals Saturday.

The Cyclones extended their winning streak to five games and avenged a 55-52 regular-season loss to Texas, their only loss at home all season.

Ashleigh Fontenette led Texas (21-11) with 13 points. The Longhorns have lost six of their last eight games.